Jewish Identity in the Music of Leonard Bernstein

Dr. Thomas Cimarusti, Professor of Music History at Florida Gulf Coast University, returns to the Mandel JCC for an enchanting multimedia presentation on Jewish identity in the music of Leonard Bernstein.

Leonard Bernstein is one of the most important conductors in American history. As a conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian Bernstein maintained a lifelong involvement with Judaism, writing several works of music, including Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”), which were derived from the Old Testament and the Chichester Psalms, a choral work with Hebrew text.